Shekomeko

Shekomeko was a historic hamlet in the southwestern part of the town of North East, New York, United States) in present-day Dutchess County. It was a village of the Mahican people. They lived by a stream which Anglo-Americans later named Shekomeko Creek, after their village. Shekomeko comes from Mahikanneuw and means "people of the place of eels ["linear fish"], from "shaxk" - linear, straight; "amek" = fish; = locative suffix "ink", + ethnonymial locative suffix "oik" - Shaxkaminkoik > Shekomeko.

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Mirror Lake Retreat, Milan, New York

8.6 mi

Milan, NY

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Waubeeka Family Campground

13.4 mi

Copake, NY

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Macedonia Brook State Park

12.4 mi

Kent, Connecticut

Housatonic Meadows State Park

12.9 mi

Sharon, Connecticut

Housatonic Meadows State Park Campground

12.9 mi

Sharon, Connecticut

Camp Waubeeka Family CG

13.5 mi

Copake, New York

Copake KOA

11.4 mi

Copake, New York

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Kent Falls State Park

Housatonic State Forest State Park

Bash Bish Falls State Park

Taconic State Park – Rudd Pond area

Taconic State Park – Copake Falls area

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